Drummer Gaetan "Gate" Bourassa of the cult Canadian death/thrash band AGGRESSION passed away in Laval, Quebec, Canada at age 43. Autopsy revealed that he suffered a heart attack caused by a heavy intake of a controlled substance.

Commented AGGRESSION guitarist Denis "Sasquatch" Barthe: "Gate was an outstanding drummer. He came from the John Bonham school of drummers, so when we asked him to play faster, he did. However, he kept hitting just as hard as when he played slow. Seeing guys like Gene Hoglan [STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, DARK ANGEL, DEATH, TESTAMENT] or Reed St. Mark [CELTIC FROST] drooling over his drumming abilities always had Gate puzzled. He would say: 'I don't even know what I'm doing, guys. I don't even have time to think or breathe."_________________The Goat of fire in me ablaze
Oh cosmic furnace I behold